What is hybrid midwifery care?
Hybrid midwifery care builds a bridge between the midwifery model of care and the medical world. Recognizing that home birth with a midwife may not be available to or desired by everyone, hybrid midwifery care is a wonderful option for families who are planning a hospital birth but desire holistic, personalized care from a midwife.
By offering hybrid services, Wildwood Midwifery seeks to address the gaps in standard obstetric/pediatric care that can often lead to a lack of informed decision making during the birth & postpartum processes, unnecessary interventions, postpartum depression, and breastfeeding issues.
What kinds of hybrid services are available?
Lucy is currently offering postpartum hybrid midwifery care to support the needs of families who are giving birth in the hospital but desire personalized, home-based care from a midwife in the postpartum period for parent & baby. Please see details below.
postpartum “hybrid” care
Includes clinical care of both birthing/postpartum parent & baby
Begins once parent & baby are discharged from the hospital. The package includes a complimentary consultation, 1 prenatal visit in the 3rd trimester, and 6 visits over the course of 6 weeks (1 day, 3 day, 1 wk, 2 wks, 4 wks, and 6 wks post-birth). The first 3 visits take place in the comfort of your home.
Postpartum care includes:
Support with breastfeeding, breast care & milk supply, guidance around nutrition, sleeping patterns, & postnatal exercises, community referrals
Assessment of overall recovery from birth (vitals, bleeding, perineal & uterine healing)
Attention to postpartum mental health + referrals to specialists, as needed
Well baby care includes:
Support with breastfeeding, weight checks, latch and tongue tie assessments
Standard newborn tests, jaundice screening, normal elimination patterns
Community referrals
